most points in a playoff first gamet by a point guard

Luka Dončić had the most points by a point guard in his first game in a single NBA playoff run in the 2020 Western Conference First Round, with 42 points.

	NAME	PTS	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	42	2019-20	DAL	1	38.4	42.0	7.0	9.0	3.0	0.0	13.0	21.0	61.9	2.0	6.0	33.3	14.0	15.0	93.3	76.1	0.0	7.0	11.0	38	7	9	3	0	11	4	-14
2	Earl Monroe E. Monroe	39	1969-70	BAL	1	54.0	39.0	4.0	3.0			14.0	28.0	50.0				11.0	14.0	78.6	57.1				54	4	3				3
3	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	38	2022-23	SAC	1	40.4	38.0	1.0	5.0	3.0	0.0	13.0	27.0	48.1	4.0	8.0	50.0	8.0	12.0	66.7	58.9	1.0	0.0	3.0	40	1	5	3	0	3	3	+4
4	Don Ohl D. Ohl	38	1965-66	BAL	1	48.0	38.0	8.0	3.0			15.0	32.0	46.9				8.0	11.0	72.7	51.6				48	8	3				4
5	James Harden J. Harden	37	2016-17	HOU	1	34.4	37.0	7.0	9.0	3.0	0.0	13.0	28.0	46.4	3.0	11.0	27.3	8.0	11.0	72.7	56.3	1.0	6.0	2.0	34	7	9	3	0	2	1	+22
6	Derrick Rose D. Rose	36	2008-09	CHI	1	49.6	36.0	4.0	11.0	1.0	0.0	12.0	19.0	63.2	0.0	1.0	0.0	12.0	12.0	100.0	74.1	1.0	3.0	5.0	50	4	11	1	0	5	6	+8
7	Chris Paul C. Paul	35	2007-08	NOH	1	40.7	35.0	3.0	10.0	4.0	1.0	15.0	23.0	65.2	0.0	1.0	0.0	5.0	7.0	71.4	67.1	1.0	2.0	1.0	41	3	10	4	1	1	2	+16
8	Brandon Jennings B. Jennings	34	2009-10	MIL	1	40.2	34.0	3.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	14.0	25.0	56.0	4.0	6.0	66.7	2.0	4.0	50.0	63.5	1.0	2.0	3.0	40	3	3	1	0	3	3	-7
9	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	33	2023-24	PHI	1	43.7	33.0	2.0	4.0	0.0	2.0	14.0	26.0	53.8	3.0	9.0	33.3	2.0	2.0	100.0	61.4	0.0	2.0	3.0	44	2	4	0	2	3	3	-4
10	Trae Young T. Young	32	2020-21	ATL	1	35.3	32.0	7.0	10.0	0.0	0.0	11.0	23.0	47.8	1.0	3.0	33.3	9.0	9.0	100.0	59.3	2.0	5.0	2.0	35	7	10	0	0	2	0	0
11	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	31	2013-14	POR	1	45.8	31.0	9.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	9.0	19.0	47.4	3.0	7.0	42.9	10.0	12.0	83.3	63.8	2.0	7.0	1.0	46	9	5	0	0	1	3	+7
12	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	30	2014-15	CLE	1	40.5	30.0	3.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	11.0	21.0	52.4	5.0	9.0	55.6	3.0	5.0	60.0	64.7	2.0	1.0	1.0	41	3	2	1	1	1	3	+10
13	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	30	2004-05	PHI	1	47.0	30.0	1.0	10.0	4.0	1.0	9.0	22.0	40.9	4.0	8.0	50.0	8.0	8.0	100.0	58.8	0.0	1.0	7.0	47	1	10	4	1	7	2	-23
14	Fred Carter F. Carter	30	1975-76	PHI	1	37.0	30.0	5.0	3.0			11.0	29.0	37.9				8.0	10.0	80.0	44.9				37	5	3				5
15	Jim Barnett J. Barnett	30	1971-72	GSW	1	42.0	30.0	3.0	5.0			12.0	24.0	50.0				6.0	7.0	85.7	55.4				42	3	5				5
16	Dave Bing D. Bing	30	1967-68	DET	1	46.0	30.0	2.0	6.0			12.0	30.0	40.0				6.0	8.0	75.0	44.7				46	2	6				5
17	Nick Van Exel N. Van Exel	29	1994-95	LAL	1	39.0	29.0	4.0	1.0	4.0	0.0	9.0	17.0	52.9	2.0	9.0	22.2	9.0	13.0	69.2	63.8	1.0	3.0	2.0	39	4	1	4	0	2	1
18	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	28	1996-97	MIN	1	35.0	28.0	4.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	10.0	19.0	52.6	4.0	9.0	44.4	4.0	6.0	66.7	64.7	0.0	4.0	0.0	35	4	4	1	0	0	2	-21
19	CJ McCollum	26	2025-26	ATL	1	33.7	26.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	11.0	20.0	55.0	4.0	9.0	44.4	0.0	2.0	0.0	62.3	0.0	3.0	5.0	34	3	1	0	1	5	2	-9
20	Ja Morant J. Morant	26	2020-21	MEM	1	35.9	26.0	4.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	11.0	21.0	52.4	0.0	1.0	0.0	4.0	4.0	100.0	57.1	1.0	3.0	1.0	36	4	4	1	0	1	2	+6
21	D'Angelo Russell D. Russell	26	2018-19	BKN	1	29.2	26.0	3.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	10.0	25.0	40.0	2.0	6.0	33.3	4.0	5.0	80.0	47.8	0.0	3.0	4.0	29	3	4	1	0	4	2	-10
22	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	26	1988-89	PHX	1	41.0	26.0	2.0	9.0	2.0	0.0	7.0	14.0	50.0	1.0	3.0	33.3	11.0	13.0	84.6	65.9	0.0	2.0	6.0	41	2	9	2	0	6	1
23	Archie Clark A. Clark	26	1966-67	LAL	1		26.0	5.0	4.0			11.0	23.0	47.8				4.0	4.0	100.0	52.5					5	4				4
24	Chauncey Billups C. Billups	25	2001-02	MIN	1	44.0	25.0	6.0	9.0	1.0	0.0	8.0	16.0	50.0	1.0	5.0	20.0	8.0	9.0	88.9	62.6	1.0	5.0	4.0	44	6	9	1	0	4	6	+5
25	Rickey Green R. Green	25	1983-84	UTA	1	35.0	25.0	1.0	12.0	1.0	1.0	9.0	17.0	52.9	0.0	0.0		7.0	10.0	70.0	58.4	0.0	1.0	2.0	35	1	12	1	1	2	2

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Team Leaders

PPG

25.9

Flagg

RPG

7.6

Washington

APG

6.9

Flagg

Team Rankings

ORTG

115.8

12th

DRTG

111.2

9th

NETRTG

4.7

11th

3P%

34.4

19th

2026-27 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
6	Warriors	8	4	.667	2.5
7	Thunder	8	4	.667	2.5
8	Mavericks	7	4	.636	3.0
9	Grizzlies	7	4	.636	3.0
10	Nuggets	6	4	.600	3.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 11/12	DAL	@	MIN	8:00 PM
Sat 11/14	DAL	@	CLE	7:30 PM
Sun 11/15	DAL	@	BOS	6:00 PM
Wed 11/18	GSW	@	DAL	9:30 PM
Sat 11/21	LAC	@	DAL	8:00 PM

Last Game

Pacers

3 - 8

122

Final

125

Mavericks

7 - 4

Mon 9 Nov 2026

NBA 2026-27 Leaders

PPG Leaders

38.6

Dončić

30.3

Wembanyama

29.7

Gilgeous-Alexander

RPG Leaders

13.5

Towns

13.3

Sabonis

12.6

Antetokounmpo

APG Leaders

9.0

Jokić

8.5

Mitchell

8.3

Young

SPG Leaders

3.0

Daniels

2.3

Dunn

2.3

Barnes

BPG Leaders

4.4

Wembanyama

2.4

Turner

2.2

Kessler

3PM Leaders

5.5

Dončić

4.3

Curry

4.2

Robinson

TS% Leaders

73.4

Gafford

71.9

Curry

71.3

Spencer

NBA 2026-27 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.7

120.4

120.0

119.3

119.2

DRtg Rankings

106.1

107.6

108.6

108.8

109.0

NetRtg Rankings

11.7

11.2

11.0

9.2

8.2

8.0

Tank Leaderboard

1-11

1-10

1-9

2-8

3-8

NBA Fantasy 2026-27

FanDuel Points Leaders

759

Wembanyama

685.6

Dončić

583.3

Antetokounmpo

DraftKings Points Leaders

734.5

Wembanyama

723.3

Dončić

610.3

Antetokounmpo

USG% Leaders

40.1

Dončić

36.5

Gilgeous-Alexander

35.9

Wembanyama

MPG Leaders

37.4

Acuff

36.8

Wagner

36.4

Murray

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

2.11

Wembanyama

1.74

Dončić

1.62

Antetokounmpo

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

2.04

Wembanyama

1.83

Dončić

1.70

Antetokounmpo

NBA 2026-27 Betting

Best Record ATS

10-1

9-3

7-3

9-4

8-4

7-4

Worst Record ATS

2-10

2-9

3-7

4-8

NBA 2026-27 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Celtics	10	2	.833
2	76ers	9	3	.750	1.0
3	Pistons	7	3	.700	2.0
4	Hawks	7	5	.583	3.0
5	Knicks	6	5	.545	3.5
6	Cavaliers	6	6	.500	4.0
7	Raptors	5	6	.455	4.5
8	Heat	5	6	.455	4.5
9	Hornets	4	7	.364	5.5
10	Magic	4	7	.364	5.5
11	Pacers	4	8	.333	6.0
12	Wizards	4	8	.333	6.0
13	Nets	3	8	.273	6.5
14	Bulls	1	9	.100	8.0
15	Bucks	1	11	.083	9.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Lakers	11	2	.846
2	Spurs	10	2	.833	0.5
3	Rockets	9	3	.750	1.5
4	Trail Blazers	8	3	.727	2.0
5	Timberwolves	8	3	.727	2.0
6	Warriors	8	4	.667	2.5
7	Thunder	8	4	.667	2.5
8	Mavericks	7	4	.636	3.0
9	Grizzlies	7	4	.636	3.0
10	Nuggets	6	4	.600	3.5
11	Suns	4	6	.400	5.5
12	Pelicans	4	8	.333	6.5
13	Clippers	2	8	.200	7.5
14	Kings	1	10	.091	9.0
15	Jazz	1	11	.083	9.5

NBA 2026-27 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	113-121
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	106-100
Tue 10/20	OKC	@	SAS	116-104
Wed 10/21	ATL	@	ORL	132-125
Wed 10/21	MIL	@	WAS	116-128

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 11/12	TOR	@	PHI	7:00 PM
Thu 11/12	DET	@	WAS	7:00 PM
Thu 11/12	DAL	@	MIN	8:00 PM
Thu 11/12	CHA	@	PHX	9:00 PM
Fri 11/13	MIL	@	ORL	7:00 PM

Luka Dončić had the most points by a point guard in his first game in a single NBA playoff run in the 2020 Western Conference First Round, with 42 points.

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6.9

NBA 2026-27 Leaders

38.6

30.3

29.7

13.5

13.3

12.6

9.0

8.5

8.3

3.0

2.3

2.3

4.4

2.4

2.2

5.5

4.3

4.2

73.4

71.9

71.3

NBA 2026-27 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2026-27

759

685.6

583.3

734.5

723.3

610.3

40.1

36.5

35.9

37.4

36.8

36.4

2.11

1.74

1.62

2.04

1.83

1.70

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